Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle, Kiew, Ukraine (Unesco Tentative)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/670/

Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle is a former Ruthenian-Lithuanian castle and a later three-part Polish fortress located in the historic city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine, in the historic region of Podolia in the western part of the country. Its name is attributed to the root word kamin', from the Slavic word for stone.

The complex is a candidate UNESCO World Heritage Site, nominated in 1989 by the Ukrainian representatives, and also one of the Seven Wonders of Ukraine. Today, the Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle is the most recognized landmark of the city, serving as an important regional and national tourist attraction.

Sender: AndyM,  Sent on: 29 Jun, 2014, Received on: 6 Aug, 2014, Travel time: 38 days

Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans, Ukraine (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1330

 

The Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans represents a masterful synergy of architectural styles built by Czech architect Josef Hlavka from 1864 to 1882. The property, an outstanding example of 19th-century historicist architecture, also includes a seminary and monastery and is dominated by the domed, cruciform Seminary Church with a garden and park. The complex expresses architectural and cultural influences from the Byzantine period onward and embodies the powerful presence of the Orthodox Church during Habsburg rule, reflecting the Austro-Hungarian Empire policy of religious tolerance.

 

 

Sender: Kseniya, Sent on: 22 Apr, 2014, Received on: 29 Apr, 2014, Travel time: 7 days

Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, Ukraine (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/527

 

Designed to rival Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, Kiev's Saint-Sophia Cathedral symbolizes the 'new Constantinople', capital of the Christian principality of Kiev, which was created in the 11th century in a region evangelized after the baptism of St Vladimir in 988. The spiritual and intellectual influence of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra contributed to the spread of Orthodox thought and the Orthodox faith in the Russian world from the 17th to the 19th century.

 

1- Saint-Sophia Cathedral

2- Kiev-Pechersk Lavra
3- Church of the Saviour at Berestovo

 

Postcard 1 : Saint-Sophia Cathedral

 

 

Sent on: 25 Apr, 2014, Received on: 14 Mar, 2014, Travel time: 19 days

Sent from Russia

 

Postcard 2 : Kiev-Pechersk Lavra

 

 

Sender: GirlOfSummer, Sent on: 9 Apr, 2014, Received on: 25 Apr, 2014, Travel time: 16 days

Sent from Cherkasy

Bagçesaray Palace of the Crimean Khans, Ukraine (Unesco Tentative)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1820/

 

The Bagçesaray Palace of the Crimean Khans is a compact architectural ensemble consisting of 17 buildings and 9 inner closed courtyards. The total area of the ensemble is about 500000 square meters (including 7190 m of the built-up area). The Bagçesaray Palace of the Crimean Khans was built in the third-fourth decades of the 16 century. The oldest dated construction of the initial ensemble bears the date of 1532, while the written records mention the Palace under 1539. The Palace built as the main residence of the Crimean Khans (the monarchs of the Crimean Khanate - the state of the Crimean Tatar people) kept this meaning during about 250 years - from the 1530s till the collapse of the Crimean Tatar statehood in 1783. The architectural ensemble includes two religious buildings (Big and Small Palace Mosques), official halls (Hall of the Divan or State Council, Hall of Embassies), living buildings of the khans, their retinue and families (Living and Retinue Blocks, Harem), recreational premises (Summer Arbor, Falcon Tower), auxiliary outbuildings (chambers for guards, bathes, stables, kitchen yard etc.), small architectural forms (portals, fountains and basins) and closed inner courtyards with gardens and parks.

 

 

Sender: la20, Sent on: 30 Mar, 2014, Received on: 16 Apr, 2014, Travel time: 17 days

Sent from the USA

Flag of Ukraine illustration by Katya Dudnik

 

 Sender: Lastivca, Sent on: 26 Mar, 2014, Received on: 10 Apr, 2014, Travel time: 15 days

Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora, Ukraine (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1411

 

The site features the remains of a city founded by Dorian Greeks in the 5th century BC on the northern shores of the Black Sea. It encompasses six component sites with urban remains and agricultural lands divided into several hundreds of chora, rectangular plots of equal size. The plots supported vineyards whose production was exported by the city which thrived until the 15th century. The site features several public building complexes and residential neighbourhoods, as well as early Christian monuments alongside remains from Stone and Bronze Age settlements; Roman and medieval tower fortifications and water supply systems; and exceptionally well-preserved examples of vineyard planting and dividing walls. In the 3rd century AD, the site was known as the most productive wine centre of the Black Sea and remained a hub of exchange between the Greek, Roman and Byzantine Empires and populations north of the Black Sea. It is an outstanding example of democratic land organization linked to an ancient polis, reflecting the city’s social organization.

 

 

Sender: Chernichka, Sent on: 18 Mar, 2014, Received on: 28 Mar, 2014, Travel time: 10 days

Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1424

Situated in the eastern fringe of Central Europe, the transnational property numbers a selection of sixteen tserkvas (churches). They were built of horizontal wooden logs between the 16th and 19th centuries by communities of Orthodox and Greek Catholic faiths. The tserkvas bear testimony to a distinct building tradition rooted in Orthodox ecclesiastic design interwoven with elements of local tradition, and symbolic references to their communities’ cosmogony.  The tserkvas are built on a tri-partite plan surmounted by open quadrilateral or octagonal domes and cupolas. Integral to tserkvas are iconostasis screens, interior polychrome decorations, and other historic furnishings. Important elements of some tserkvas include wooden bell towers, churchyards, gatehouses and graveyards.

1- Drohobych - Tserkva of Saint George

2- Matkiv - Tserkva of the Synaxis of the Blessed Virgin Mary

3- Nyzhniy Verbizh - Tserkva of the Nativity of  Blessed Virgin Mary

4- Potelych - Tserkva of the Descent of the Holy Spirit

5- Rohatyn - Tserkva of the Descent of the Holy Spirit

6- Uzhok - Tserkva of the Synaxis of the Archangel Michael

7- Yasynia - Tserkva of Our Lord’s Ascension

8- Zhovkva - Tserkva of the Holy Trinity

Postcard 1 : Uzhok - Tserkva of the Synaxis of the Archangel Michael

Sender: tashillia, Sent on: 14 Mar, 2014, Received on: 21 Mar, 2014, Travel time: 7 days

The National Anthem of Ukraine

"Shche ne vmerla Ukraina" (Ukrainian: Ще не вмерла Українa, or "Ukraine Has Not Yet Died") is the national anthem of Ukraine

The song was first the national anthem of the Ukrainian Republic, West Ukraine, Carpatho-Ukraine, and once again adopted by independent Ukraine following its secession from the Soviet Union. Before its re-adaptation a competition for a national anthem among three patriotic songs took place with one of the other songs being Za Ukrainu by Mykola Voronyi.

Sender: MorozOlga, Sent on: 21 Feb, 2014, Received on: 12 Mar, 2014, Travel time: 19 days

L'viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre, Ukraine (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/865

The city of L''viv, founded in the late Middle Ages, was a flourishing administrative, religious and commercial centre for several centuries. The medieval urban topography has been preserved virtually intact (in particular, there is evidence of the different ethnic communities who lived there), along with many fine Baroque and later buildings.

Postcard 1 : Southern side of Market Square, Lviv

Sender: okrajna, Sent on: 26 Nov, 2013, Received on: 4 Jan, 2014, Travel time: 39 days

Postcard 2 : Multiview, Lviv

1- City Hall Tower and Latin Cathedral, 2- Lviv Opera House

3- Rynok Square, 4- Kornyakt Tower and Dominican Cathedral

Sender: Ertan, Sent on: 11 Feb, 2014, Received on: 24 Feb, 2014, Travel time: 13 days

Map of Ukraine

Sender: Suok, Sent on: 12 Dec, 2013, Received on: 4 Jan, 2014, Travel time: 23 days

Zaporizhzia City, Khortytsia Island, Dnieper Hydroelectric Station (DniproHES), Ukraine

Sender: sonatiks, Sent on: 1 Dec, 2013, Received on: 17 Dec, 2013, Travel time: 16 days

Bila Tserkva, Landscape Park 'Alexandria', Ukraine

Sender: Vladyslav1998, Sent on: 10 Nov, 2013, Received on: 21 Nov, 2013, Travel time: 11 days

мoя країна, Україна - Moya Country, Ukraine

Sender: Anya32223, Sent on: 28 Aug, 2013, Received on: 10 Sep, 2013, Travel time: 13 days

Paton Bridge, Kyiv, Ukraine

Sender: JaneChuiko, Received on: 20 Jan, 2013, Distance: 1,054 km (655 miles), Travel time: 40 days